Support in EU
For Kyoto Treaty
Begins to Waver

Updated March 4, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

KYOTO FLAP: Belatedly, EU considers cost of Kyoto pact.

Europe is tiptoeing away from its defense of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. Under guidelines set by the 1997 treaty, the European Union agreed to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions 8% by 2012. Carbon-dioxide emissions are thought to increase global temperatures, thereby melting polar ice and leading to rising sea levels that jeopardize populations in coastal areas. The U.S....